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Highway 63 claims seven lives

RCMP have confirmed a seventh fatality in the collision that claimed the lives of six others this afternoon. The teenaged female reportedly succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. No update on the condition of the other two injured victims.

The fatalities followed a major motor vehicle collision on Highway 63 at kilometre-marker 88.

Wood Buffalo RCMP sent out a release earlier today advising motorists to avoid

southbound travel from Fort McMurray, due to a collision in Boyle RCMP

jurisdiction between kilometre-markers 85 and 90.

Boyle and Wood Buffalo RCMP, along with other emergency crews, were still on

scene when a second update was released at 5 p.m., confirming the death of six

people as the result of a head-on collision between two pickup trucks.

No information on the deceased is currently available, but the three injured -

described as being a 34-year-old male, a female in her teens and a young boy - have

been airlifted to Edmonton-area hospitals. Their current statuses are unknown.